Grinding to the Max Level in the Tutorial of Dark Souls II

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  • čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
  • Alternative Title: The Definition of Insanity
    Inspired by GrindGod: @grindgod847
    Apologies about the delay on this one. I could have had it done about a week ago, but I had to move house which slowed things down quite a bit. But, it's here! This one turned out to be more involved than I was anticipating. Initially I thought it would just be a matter of grinding straight from the beginning to the end, but there were a few curveballs thrown my way. As a result of those curveballs, it was also a good bit longer than the first video. In any case, I hope you enjoy! What's next...?
    00:00 - Introduction and Character Creation
    02:48 - Initial Item Gathering
    03:13 - DS2 Stink
    05:11 - Return to Things Betwixt
    08:35 - The Grind
    10:33 - The Math
  • Hry

Komentáře • 986

  • @kyrridas1573
    @kyrridas1573 Před 3 lety +3496

    its hilarious that he's explaining this like its a walkthrough. ya know, for all those people out there, looking to farm 400 million souls in dark souls 2's starting area.

    • @GasperV0
      @GasperV0 Před 3 lety +218

      I mean I'm working on killing every enemy in dark souls until their spawn limit is reached, including the paindeer, so it's sorta similar though not really. I'm not even close and I'm already past level 200 on new game though I've already spent souls since it's technically just a regular play through with lots of grinding

    • @bottlebeard
      @bottlebeard Před 3 lety +87

      @@GasperV0 why man

    • @darkwhispersstories47
      @darkwhispersstories47 Před 3 lety +54

      @@GasperV0 ...you are mad

    • @joshuapeters3998
      @joshuapeters3998 Před 3 lety +90

      @@GasperV0 you fucking legend, godspeed

    • @katsboi8920
      @katsboi8920 Před 3 lety +33

      @Gasper0 why would you do that to yourself

  • @FlamingMediocrity
    @FlamingMediocrity Před 3 lety +4815

    This is interesting but the real question is what is the length of all dark souls ladders combined

    • @FenoTheFox
      @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +1584

      5 minutes, 16 seconds.

    • @FlamingMediocrity
      @FlamingMediocrity Před 3 lety +645

      @@FenoTheFox that wasn't exactly what I meant, but ok

    • @FenoTheFox
      @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +2072

      @@FlamingMediocrity That's okay I made the number up

    • @travelershu4963
      @travelershu4963 Před 3 lety +507

      ......... I feel a snake is lurking.....
      What a thrill.....

    • @joaovc2002
      @joaovc2002 Před 3 lety +157

      @@travelershu4963 Wiithh darkness and silence through the nightt.....

  • @thicctony4655
    @thicctony4655 Před 3 lety +2107

    “407 million souls, that’s not that bad!”
    Me: You’re insane

    • @micklane7306
      @micklane7306 Před 3 lety +69

      I mean I've lost upwards of 5 mil souls multiple times on ds3

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 Před 3 lety +18

      What, it's basically just a stack of Gwyn's souls...

    • @kheran1912
      @kheran1912 Před 3 lety +27

      This is how much time it will take to be lvl max in Dark Souls lll in the Cemetery of ashes
      SL 1 to 802=2.634.163.943 souls required
      Class used: Assassin (SL 10)
      SL 10 to 802=2.634.163.943-811 =2.634.163.132 (you need 811 souls to be SL 10 when SL 9)
      Covetous Silver Serpent Ring acrease the number of souls per 10%
      Without Covetous Silver Serpent
      Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4k souls
      Iudex Gundyr=3k souls
      Sword Master=2k souls
      (*23) Hollows=20 souls (24 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life) (drop 1 Fading soul=50 souls)
      1 Starved Hound=10 souls
      With Covetous Silver Serpent Ring
      Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls
      Sword Master=2.2k souls
      (*23) Hollows=22 souls (26 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life)
      1 Starved Hound=11 souls
      Souls to pick up :
      2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls}
      1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800
      1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift)
      Time : 4min 02sec73
      12800 In the soul counter (by Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls
      Sword Master=2.2k souls
      Iudex Gundyr=3k souls
      2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls}
      1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800
      1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift))
      13563 (Dead meanwhile) when every hollows and the starved hound were killed
      8 hollow killed before the death = 8*26 =208
      13563-12800=763-208=555
      4,03×15=60,45
      555*15=8325/h
      2.634.163.132÷8325=316.415 hours = 36,09 years approximately
      BUT if we considers that the person plays 8 hours a day 33.33% of his day so 66.66% he does not play this will give:
      36,09÷,33=109,36 years approximately

    • @moister3727
      @moister3727 Před 3 lety +3

      @@kheran1912 8 hours a day, still 100+ years? that is insane...for some people not

    • @kheran1912
      @kheran1912 Před 3 lety +2

      When I do that I was thinking its gonna take 22 years but I found 36 year (I was shocked) and 109 years if we played 8 hours per day (It was easy to find that but not for the hour its gonna take)

  • @janterri3539
    @janterri3539 Před 3 lety +577

    Imagine the last giant’s face when you first leave things betwixt and he sees you.

    • @nobody5093
      @nobody5093 Před 3 lety +42

      It's the same as always complete terror

    • @janterri3539
      @janterri3539 Před 3 lety +13

      @@bigwinz Have you ever looked deeper into the hole? Where do you think his voice comes from. A face

    • @JagEterCoola
      @JagEterCoola Před 2 lety +11

      "This motherfucker time travelled to come kill me again and he's FUCKING JACKED!?"

    • @ArtoriasGaming0516
      @ArtoriasGaming0516 Před rokem +3

      @@janterri3539 :0

    • @ngotemna8875
      @ngotemna8875 Před rokem +5

      @@janterri3539 If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you

  • @meirg7847
    @meirg7847 Před 3 lety +1684

    Knowing the dark souls community, with creators like ymfah and zerolenny, I can guarantee that someone out there is legitimately doing this challenge right now

    • @matthewthomas8407
      @matthewthomas8407 Před 3 lety +154

      Like the man who beat the ENTIRE franchise in order no hit. Truly gods among Us mortal gamers lmao

    • @Guitar-Dog
      @Guitar-Dog Před 3 lety +118

      there's a guy that made every enemy gywn with a randomizer and has completed DaS1, he is doing it with all A rtorias just now.
      Challenger Andy I think was his channel

    • @specialnewb9821
      @specialnewb9821 Před 3 lety +75

      @@matthewthomas8407 don't forget the girl that does SL1 runs on a dance pad.

    • @Random__Dude.
      @Random__Dude. Před 3 lety +27

      Better not. I mean DS2 is better leveling to max in starting area but that are still 2.5 years. I wouldn't want that somebody throws his time away. But in the end its everyones own decision what he or she will do with their time.

    • @zeralmahib2549
      @zeralmahib2549 Před 3 lety +3

      @@matthewthomas8407 Isn't it Oroboro ?

  • @ozowoz
    @ozowoz Před 3 lety +651

    When I clicked this video I thought he was going to be killing only the pigs at the starting area

    • @GargantuanD
      @GargantuanD Před 3 lety +85

      Even if someone was mad enough to hit max level by doing it this way, the PTSD would push them over the edge

    • @Fourfingerssixtoes
      @Fourfingerssixtoes Před 3 lety +23

      When that edge finally lures them in, think they'd go for the cliff or the well?

    • @thatguy1056
      @thatguy1056 Před 3 lety +22

      If you kill them enough times a mini boss pig will spawn

    • @thatguy1056
      @thatguy1056 Před 2 lety +7

      @@amurderofcrows3713 yes it takes a lot, there’s small pigs, medium pigs, then big boss pig

    • @seife41
      @seife41 Před 2 lety +5

      @@amurderofcrows3713 10 times to get the middle pigs

  • @nathan5765
    @nathan5765 Před 2 lety +231

    I actually knew about that 20 fps jumping trick when I first played the game, but not because I was clever and figured it out or because I googled it, but because my computer was such a piece of garbage it ran the game poorly enough for me to discover it without giving it a second thought.

  • @candybetta4061
    @candybetta4061 Před 2 lety +187

    Getting max level in this game without any limits is surprisingly easy, just ~25 hours of killing the Giant Lord

    • @BretLebo
      @BretLebo Před rokem +16

      Thats how I did it on the 360 days lol Dark spells wrecked him so fast

    • @ricardoconsort2260
      @ricardoconsort2260 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Yeah just do him around 400 times

    • @Shifsabre
      @Shifsabre Před 8 měsíci +1

      ​@BretLebo have you noticed that your avatar looks uncannily like the Vanguard Demon from a distance?

  • @cacarot6020
    @cacarot6020 Před 3 lety +354

    He started farming when the game was released, he just finished

  • @maximusstorm1215
    @maximusstorm1215 Před 3 lety +41

    Doctor: "You only have just under a year left to live."
    Me:

    • @ebbkea
      @ebbkea Před 2 lety +3

      I would not waste my final year on the worst fromsoft game

    • @theeliteterrarian1888
      @theeliteterrarian1888 Před rokem +12

      @@ebbkea neither would i, so id definitely play this game

  • @FenoTheFox
    @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +306

    Accidentally scheduled this for 5AM... congrats to the people who saw it during that mistake, haha. Assuming this video does well like the Dark Souls 1 video did, I'll make videos about the remaining games too. Not sure if there's enough content to dedicate one video for each game, but maybe I'll round them all off into one video, or something... not sure. We'll see.

  • @dragonator1012
    @dragonator1012 Před 3 lety +156

    Dark souls 2 is castlevania 2 simons quest all over again. Everyone seems to hate these games except me

    • @robertellis6853
      @robertellis6853 Před 3 lety +30

      I actually quite enjoyed it too. It had some quirks, but what could be more enjoyable than running around armorless powerstancing dual lightning zweihanders

    • @Lt.Trouble
      @Lt.Trouble Před 3 lety +10

      @@robertellis6853 powerstance was fun. was always running around with 2 greatswords armorless

    • @4skintim962
      @4skintim962 Před 3 lety

      Dark souls 2 was overhyped imo. It a a great jrpg but all the marketing depicted a much better looking game

    • @alexanderstilianov
      @alexanderstilianov Před 3 lety +3

      I really like DS2 even though I acknowledge it has a lot of questionable and outright dumb shit it in. Castlevania 2 used to intrigue me but I don't see myself replaying it any more.

    • @SaHaRaSquad
      @SaHaRaSquad Před 2 lety +10

      @@4skintim962 It was overhyped because originally it was going to be a much better (looking) game. Apparently it was actually intended as next-gen title, but then they suddenly decided to still release it on PS3 and with 2 years less development time. They had to cut whole areas and gameplay mechanics to make it in time. Considering all that I gotta say it's impressive it's not a total trainwreck. But still, so much wasted potential.
      And am I the only one who finds the original DS2 better than Scholar of the First Sin? I wish we could still buy the original version on the newer platforms.

  • @Friday_Monday
    @Friday_Monday Před 3 lety +205

    Your vid hit my recommended feed, congrats

  • @danielAKAvulture
    @danielAKAvulture Před 3 lety +104

    I wonder how long it would take to completely remove all life from the game. Go through every area, killing every enemy enough times so that they stop spawning.

    • @danielAKAvulture
      @danielAKAvulture Před 2 lety +8

      @@monsters_are_human you are a being of true conviction, and quite frankly you scare me.

    • @yoshinpixels9924
      @yoshinpixels9924 Před 2 lety +12

      @@monsters_are_human I am impressed yet concerned

    • @acewmd.
      @acewmd. Před 2 lety +17

      takes about 300 hours one guy has a video up on it.

  • @skybolt6515
    @skybolt6515 Před 3 lety +107

    I don't know how, but someday this knowledge will save my life.

  • @classicallycommie6266
    @classicallycommie6266 Před 2 lety +114

    I really like that enemies dissappear after so many kills because there are areas in the game that would've been impossible for me to get past without it, namely the lava area with the smelter demon and the ancient dragon area

    • @matthewdowns9822
      @matthewdowns9822 Před 2 lety +24

      As someone who loves grinding and dose it a lot without even thinking about it
      It can be annoying
      But they put in several ways to get around it
      And it makes getting to the boss easier
      So overall it's not for me but I think it's s good feature

    • @Fwgiorno69
      @Fwgiorno69 Před rokem

      you are right fuck that area

    • @FightYourCouch
      @FightYourCouch Před 8 měsíci +4

      I'd day it was a bad feature in any other souls game, but sotfs was so bloated with enemies, it needed perma death after so many times. DS2 was so damn unbalanced lol

    • @frankgrimes7388
      @frankgrimes7388 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@FightYourCouchNo it wasn’t, lollercoaster.

    • @Walamonga1313
      @Walamonga1313 Před 6 měsíci +2

      I've never ever cleared an enemy out of any area. Played this game probably 20+ times

  • @urtoryu_dy_althraidn
    @urtoryu_dy_althraidn Před rokem +23

    Honestly, I like the limited enemy spawns. Gives you a way to trivialize Boss runbacks if you have enough patience.

  • @brandtmiles2373
    @brandtmiles2373 Před rokem +9

    Legend has it he's still standing behind that tree to this day...

  • @bastion9429
    @bastion9429 Před 3 lety +10

    Fantastically underrated. I would love to see more of these types of videos in the future :)

  • @wite_bord5598
    @wite_bord5598 Před 3 lety +104

    This is very well made, your Limit breakers if he uploaded more than once ever decade, thank you!

  • @purple4395
    @purple4395 Před 2 lety +18

    I think this respawn stop mechanic is one of the best parts of dark souls 2. In my opinion this should have been refined and used for all later souls games as well

  • @FenoTheFox
    @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +65

    Hello everyone! I'm curious, how are you finding this video? It seems to have gotten a big boost recently (from around 2.7k views up to nearly 8k now in a couple of weeks) and the analytics aren't telling me much. I'm wondering if it got posted anywhere in particular or if the algorithm decided to push me a bit.

    • @dragonborn0295
      @dragonborn0295 Před 3 lety +3

      appeared on my homepage,Thanks for the Vid,Will you makes a ds3 One?

    • @FenoTheFox
      @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +9

      @@dragonborn0295 Unlikely. I had planned on it, but when researching it I found that it would make for a pretty dull video. It is essentially just a straight-up grind with very little setup. The only interesting part was the number of souls, which off the top of my head was 2.6 billion or so.

    • @dragonborn0295
      @dragonborn0295 Před 3 lety +1

      @@FenoTheFox dammmm

    • @Olgam_
      @Olgam_ Před 3 lety +1

      Homepage recommendation

    • @EmeralBookwise
      @EmeralBookwise Před 3 lety +1

      Found this video off of the other two, the first of which just randomly showed up in my recommendations, presumably because I watch other Dark Souls related videos.

  • @stainmaster2630
    @stainmaster2630 Před 3 lety +2

    Finally the content I've been waiting for. So happy this video was suggested. Subbed instantly

  • @EmissaryOfSmeagol
    @EmissaryOfSmeagol Před rokem +25

    This game is so beautiful. I wish more people would give it an earnest try, there is so much art in this game.

    • @MGrey-qb5xz
      @MGrey-qb5xz Před 8 měsíci +1

      All you care about is looks in a game? Sounds boring

    • @EmissaryOfSmeagol
      @EmissaryOfSmeagol Před 8 měsíci +10

      @@MGrey-qb5xz what in the absolute heck are you talking about

    • @MGrey-qb5xz
      @MGrey-qb5xz Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@EmissaryOfSmeagol that actually playing the game is made worse?

    • @EmissaryOfSmeagol
      @EmissaryOfSmeagol Před 8 měsíci +7

      @@MGrey-qb5xz when I talk about the art of the game, I'm talking about playing it. I actually think the visuals of this game are one of its weaker aspects.

    • @MGrey-qb5xz
      @MGrey-qb5xz Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@EmissaryOfSmeagol L

  • @M3h3ndr3
    @M3h3ndr3 Před 2 lety +17

    Imagine doing the same 1,5min activity for 3 years, every day all day thats insane xD

    • @Torque_Mk1
      @Torque_Mk1 Před 2 lety +5

      Every person that ever worked at the assembly line till retirement would consider this a walk in the park. Can't imagine myself doing that. Every day, for 30-40 years straight, turn off your brain for 8 hours. Jesus fuck, that's a scary thought.

  • @letskissnow987
    @letskissnow987 Před 3 lety +34

    love your voice also this is insanity

  • @pal1890
    @pal1890 Před 3 lety

    subbed, absolutely love the videos, please don't stop making them

  • @depresseddandy438
    @depresseddandy438 Před 3 lety +14

    Didn't know I needed this but I sure did, hope we'll see one for DS3!

    • @kheran1912
      @kheran1912 Před 3 lety +3

      This is how much time it will take to be lvl max in Dark Souls lll in the Cemetery of ashes
      SL 1 to 802=2.634.163.943 souls required
      Class used: Assassin (SL 10)
      SL 10 to 802=2.634.163.943-811 =2.634.163.132 (you need 811 souls to be SL 10 when SL 9)
      Covetous Silver Serpent Ring acrease the number of souls per 10%
      Without Covetous Silver Serpent
      Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4k souls
      Iudex Gundyr=3k souls
      Sword Master=2k souls
      (*23) Hollows=20 souls (24 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life) (drop 1 Fading soul=50 souls)
      1 Starved Hound=10 souls
      With Covetous Silver Serpent Ring
      Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls
      Sword Master=2.2k souls
      (*23) Hollows=22 souls (26 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life)
      1 Starved Hound=11 souls
      Souls to pick up :
      2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls}
      1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800
      1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift)
      Time : 4min 02sec73
      12800 In the soul counter (by Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls
      Sword Master=2.2k souls
      Iudex Gundyr=3k souls
      2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls}
      1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800
      1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift))
      13563 (Dead meanwhile) when every hollows and the starved hound were killed
      8 hollow killed before the death = 8*26 =208
      13563-12800=763-208=555
      4,03×15=60,45
      555*15=8325/h
      2.634.163.132÷8325=316.415 hours = 36,09 years approximately
      BUT if we considers that the person plays 8 hours a day 33.33% of his day so 66.66% he does not play this will give:
      36,09÷,33=109,36 years approximately

  • @mimic_ssb
    @mimic_ssb Před 3 lety +70

    I am interacting with content I enjoy :)

  • @NavyW0lfYeetusDeletus
    @NavyW0lfYeetusDeletus Před 3 lety +68

    So, if we included leveling into the equation, it changes quite a lot for this. First of all, the main door this opens is that the cleric's weapon has a B scaling in strength, and once you get a high enough level you should be able to 2 shot every enemy in the run. This means that:
    1. You no longer have to use the tree strat to kill the enemies
    2. You will be able to include the 2nd Falconer into the run, increasing the amount of souls substantially
    3. Since you don't have to wait for the enemies to essentially kill themselves you will be able to kill them much closer to the bonfire, as well as kill them faster in general, decreasing the amount of time per run by quite a bit
    4. Since you're able to kill them properly you'll be able to pick up any of the potential gear they drop, which you should be able to sell to the cat for more souls
    And, most importantly: 5. It's going to be much less boring then just standing there behind a stupid tree.
    For the best and most consistent result I would recommend getting your strength to 20(which would require getting to lvl 23) before attempting this, which will should allow you to kill both the Falconers and Dark Spirits in two swings. Keep in mind that this will cost you 11032 souls.
    Just doing some rough calculations and using the exact same rate as shown in the video, this would net you 1911 souls per run and 76,440 souls per hour. The total time this would take just based off of that would be ~5329 hours, or 222 days. This would be around 7.4 months or ~62% of one year. Dividing this by .33 would end up being around 1.87 years.
    A total difference of .43 to the original value factoring nothing else in is huge, and brings this from almost no chance of happening to potentially occurring. Especially once you consider that doing incredibly long runs/speedruns already happens and I can see this being legitimately attempted by someone.

    • @ErosXCaos
      @ErosXCaos Před 8 měsíci

      You can’t sell items to the cat. Gavlan wheel, Gavlan arrest for DUI

  • @sir-londo5537
    @sir-londo5537 Před 3 lety +1

    Loved the video considering this is my favorite dark souls game !

  • @aaronchadwick2682
    @aaronchadwick2682 Před 3 lety

    Very well put together. Good job

  • @kheran1912
    @kheran1912 Před 3 lety +85

    This is how much time it will take to be lvl max in Dark Souls lll in the Cemetery of ashes
    SL 1 to 802=2.634.163.943 souls required
    Class used: Assassin (SL 10)
    SL 10 to 802=2.634.163.943-811 =2.634.163.132 (you need 811 souls to be SL 10 when SL 9)
    Covetous Silver Serpent Ring acrease the number of souls per 10%
    Without Covetous Silver Serpent
    Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4k souls
    Iudex Gundyr=3k souls
    Sword Master=2k souls
    (*23) Hollows=20 souls (24 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life) (drop 1 Fading soul=50 souls)
    1 Starved Hound=10 souls
    With Covetous Silver Serpent Ring
    Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls
    Sword Master=2.2k souls
    (*23) Hollows=22 souls (26 if the damage inflicted ≥150% of life)
    1 Starved Hound=11 souls
    Souls to pick up :
    2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls}
    1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800
    1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift)
    Time : 4min 02sec73
    12800 In the soul counter (by Ravenous Crystal Lizard=4.4k souls
    Sword Master=2.2k souls
    Iudex Gundyr=3k souls
    2 Soul of a Deserted Corpse=200 {400 the two souls}
    1 Soul of an Unknown Traveler=800
    1 Sovereignless Soul=2000 (burial gift))
    13563 (Dead meanwhile) when every hollows and the starved hound were killed
    8 hollow killed before the death = 8*26 =208
    13563-12800=763-208=555
    4,03×15=60,45
    555*15=8325/h
    2.634.163.132÷8325=316.415 hours = 36,09 years approximately
    BUT if we considers that the person plays 8 hours a day 33.33% of his day so 66.66% he does not play this will give:
    36,09÷,33=109,36 years approximately

    • @FenoTheFox
      @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +32

      This is awesome, I'm glad someone else took it upon themselves to do it, because I'm not going to. Thank you!

    • @kheran1912
      @kheran1912 Před 3 lety +1

      @@FenoTheFox Thanks it took a little time but cool to do and it's thanks to you that I decided to do it

    • @slatt6977
      @slatt6977 Před 3 lety +2

      Wow that is insane very very nice job

    • @kheran1912
      @kheran1912 Před 3 lety +1

      @@slatt6977 Thank you

    • @finmat95
      @finmat95 Před 3 lety +1

      First area is intended BEFORE Iundex Gundyr. You cannot kill him.

  • @eziobb-6175
    @eziobb-6175 Před 2 lety +24

    The despawning thing is actually a very useful mechanic when fighting against invaders. I don’t know why people hate that mechanic cuz it helps out a lot and it’s not like they permanently despawn you can just join that covenant and still farm so you have options here.
    The more you play dark souls 2 the better you understand how good the game is. The small white soapstone is probably the best thing dark souls has ever made and it’s only in 2 which is a shame. I’ve helped so many people get items and neat secrets after they’ve killed the boss in the area.

    • @s4ty-s4t
      @s4ty-s4t Před rokem +1

      i still dont know the difference between the normal white soapstone and the small one
      what is the difference

    • @charg1nmalaz0r51
      @charg1nmalaz0r51 Před rokem +4

      @@s4ty-s4t The smaller one has a small time limit before you get booted from the hosts game. I think its like 40mins for the big one and 20 for the small one. Most interactions only last 5 minutes anyway if you are doing a boss or 10 if you are doing an area and a boss so you never even know this time limit exists

  • @Huck_Fexis
    @Huck_Fexis Před 2 lety +2

    Some high quality vidz dude 👌 👏

  • @Rabarberium
    @Rabarberium Před 3 lety +156

    Couldn't you level up with the souls (since that's the point) and get strong enough to kill them in way less than 1:30 eventually though?

    • @FenoTheFox
      @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +86

      This sort of built off the original video. The idea is what it would take to level up to max as though you had never left. We had to go to Majula just because that's the only way the challenge can work in this game.

    • @iliketurtles1096
      @iliketurtles1096 Před 3 lety +8

      @@FenoTheFox but if thats the case then why allow yourself access to the majula merchant?

    • @FenoTheFox
      @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +57

      @@iliketurtles1096 Since we had to go to Majula to allow the challenge to be possible at all, I considered everything in Majula fair game. Otherwise it would be totally arbitrary what was and wasn't allowed. Which, I suppose you could argue it is anyway if you wanted. So I guess the eventuality of the argument becomes: that's how I wanted the video to go.

    • @iliketurtles1096
      @iliketurtles1096 Před 3 lety +46

      @@FenoTheFox aye thats whats i mean though, either you accept majula is off limits except to activate the convenant of champions, or majula isnt off limits in which case surely leveling is allowed. Like you said though it is ultimately a challenge youve made up, so i guess i am nit picking at this point. Love the vids anyway!

    • @EmeralBookwise
      @EmeralBookwise Před 3 lety +19

      @@iliketurtles1096: Pardon my intrusion, but to venture a guess the answer is simplicity. If the player keeps going back to Majula to level up that would make the math segment of this video more complicated, since the duration of each cycle would keep changing.

  • @smuckleschmuckler2486
    @smuckleschmuckler2486 Před 3 lety +7

    This is quality content

  • @lilflax0396
    @lilflax0396 Před 3 lety +68

    I can't with myself. I deadass farmed desert sorceresses for their clothes and spell reusing orbs but I became a warrior of sunlight before I started farming so they despawned and I used a bonfire ascetic.

    • @theodorehunter4765
      @theodorehunter4765 Před 3 lety +12

      You could have just re-joined the Covenant of Champions. Unless it's a special enemy, they will respawn, even if you killed them all 14 times.

    • @lilflax0396
      @lilflax0396 Před 3 lety +7

      @@theodorehunter4765 I didn't actually know what the covenant of champions did. It said it would make my journey harder but it never specified how.

    • @bradmace6144
      @bradmace6144 Před 3 lety +1

      @@theodorehunter4765 I swear its7 times?

    • @NOAHDELANEY-cy3pg
      @NOAHDELANEY-cy3pg Před 2 lety +2

      @@bradmace6144 15*****

  • @williamburns7668
    @williamburns7668 Před 3 lety

    Yo dude this is sick great videos keep it up

  • @Flameball-on1dl
    @Flameball-on1dl Před 3 lety

    Really cool video and video concept. Liked and subscribed

  • @matheusnicaretta
    @matheusnicaretta Před 3 lety +39

    Best souls 2 forever

  • @FirestormDDash
    @FirestormDDash Před 3 lety +8

    This is some runescape level grinding

  • @rockstar-made
    @rockstar-made Před 3 lety

    I've always wanted a video like this

  • @Browsley
    @Browsley Před 3 lety

    Cool video! :) Love the Souls games!

  • @Nevict
    @Nevict Před 3 lety +56

    If only Soul Memory never existed...

    • @bophadesknutz7798
      @bophadesknutz7798 Před 3 lety +6

      If only there wasnt so many ways to get around it

    • @dracopo8862
      @dracopo8862 Před 3 lety +1

      if only it wasn't the only way to be able to do pvp with a high level character since you don't have to worry about leveling too much

    • @nikolasferreira3247
      @nikolasferreira3247 Před 3 lety +9

      @@bophadesknutz7798 if only we didn't need to fight a stupid mechanic

    • @Tacticaviator7
      @Tacticaviator7 Před 3 lety +2

      @@nikolasferreira3247 You don't fight it, you accept it and adapt there's a ring you can get fairly early on that negates any souls you can get, fair trade if you ask me. I personally like this mechanic because all of those twinking try-hard invaders actually need to try to get their things work, rather than just watching one video, copying it then procceding to deal 10x more damage having way more consumables like estus and using dlc weapons against players that are just doing a normal playthrough, oh and don't forget that point down after he one shots you with his Ringed Knight straight sword.

    • @nikolasferreira3247
      @nikolasferreira3247 Před 3 lety +6

      @@Tacticaviator7 soul memory was stupid, it punishes players for making mistakes. My friend tried to play the game for first time and he died so many times that he couldn't see any of my coop signs anymore. And the fact that you have to get a fucking ring in other "fix" the mechanic makes it even worse, its not even a fix its a workaround.

  • @FenoTheFox
    @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +5

    Thank you for 200K views, everyone!

  • @spookbuster4862
    @spookbuster4862 Před 3 lety

    This is very enjoyable Lunacy

  • @ehhehehehewhegehe
    @ehhehehehewhegehe Před 3 lety

    Dude you're awesome for this thank you so much lol

  • @zedoniusrulerofflame4675
    @zedoniusrulerofflame4675 Před 3 lety +8

    Darn it, I remember watching your Ninja Gaiden videos and when I saw that your latest dark souls video was getting views, I thought it would blow up. It kind of did, but not on the scale I was hoping. Always happy to see new content from you!

  • @chrissesock4245
    @chrissesock4245 Před 3 lety +7

    This is amazing.

  • @twitteraccount9006
    @twitteraccount9006 Před 3 lety

    Underrated channel

  • @dreamchild7378
    @dreamchild7378 Před 3 lety

    This is the content I want

  • @LargeMetallicFellow
    @LargeMetallicFellow Před 3 lety +25

    2 is still my favorite, honestly

    • @chabaloo8855
      @chabaloo8855 Před 3 lety +4

      Me too buddy

    • @starflarethewizard1490
      @starflarethewizard1490 Před 3 lety +10

      The hate for this game isn’t confusing, it’s just dumb. This was the better of the three.

    • @bradmace6144
      @bradmace6144 Před 3 lety +2

      @@starflarethewizard1490 It is amazing but there's a lot of bs. Like ADP is crap. The wah dodging is etc.

    • @starflarethewizard1490
      @starflarethewizard1490 Před 3 lety +4

      @@bradmace6144 Well it’s a different game. To me, it’s new mechanics to learn and it’s possible to master. It’s not just a roll fest like Dark Souls 3. I appreciate it because then I don’t have to deal with invaders being annoying and doing nothing but dodge roll.

    • @bradmace6144
      @bradmace6144 Před 3 lety +4

      @@starflarethewizard1490 Nah I can't disagree there. DS3 is a roll fest. And DS1 is a shield fest (offline) then u win🤣

  • @skookathing
    @skookathing Před 3 lety +7

    best souls II

  • @beerBuzzing097
    @beerBuzzing097 Před 3 lety

    Your video was on my recommended 👍🏽

  • @manputty933
    @manputty933 Před 3 lety +1

    Completely fucking unhinged. Subscrubbed, liked, and causing me severe intracranial hemorrhaging. Can't wait for the ds3 vid.

  • @mt2r-music
    @mt2r-music Před 3 lety +7

    I've never seen those farming enemies in the game

  • @justinphillips8282
    @justinphillips8282 Před 3 lety +24

    Ds2 is still my personal favorite. It has by far the most replay value.

    • @justinphillips8282
      @justinphillips8282 Před 3 lety +10

      @@bigwinz everything you just said was wrong and makes me doubt that you ever played ds2.
      Ds3 has way more ambushes than ds2 and the variety of builds isn't even comparable. Ds2 blows it out of the water.

    • @justinphillips8282
      @justinphillips8282 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bigwinz I have hundreds of playthroughs of both ds1 and ds2.
      I have 1 for ds3. There is literally nothing in that game that gives it replay value. I can't even finish the dlc's because of how boring it is.
      "Oh great I get all the same old stories from 10 year old dark souls that I've beat a million time, but let's make the combat more like the less beloved blood borne."
      Ds3 is a slap in the face to everyone that trusted Miyazaki.

    • @Trophiol
      @Trophiol Před 3 lety +7

      @@bigwinz ds3 had the least build variety wdym

    • @hypernova4954
      @hypernova4954 Před 3 lety +2

      Ds2 isn’t memorable

    • @JXZX1
      @JXZX1 Před 3 lety +5

      It also has an amazing amount of content, attention to detail, and build viability.

  • @andryuu_2000
    @andryuu_2000 Před rokem +1

    This game is just on an another level.

  • @painkiller9860
    @painkiller9860 Před 2 lety +1

    This what Miyazaki spected from the players to do after they realeased the game, i thinks this is the correct way to play the game, keep it up champ :D

  • @alonneknight7710
    @alonneknight7710 Před 3 lety +4

    Guess its too much to ask for a DS2 video that does not do the 6 year old "DS2 bad" joke.
    Still, interesting video. I've always loved useles datas like this. Its the reason i love Limit Breakers videos so much. :)

    • @lightingthief4482
      @lightingthief4482 Před 3 lety +1

      Well the game DEFINITELY have it issues and god awful DLC so....

    • @alonneknight7710
      @alonneknight7710 Před 3 lety +8

      @@lightingthief4482 All three games have issues, none of them are perfect by any means. And... DS2 DLCs bad? Wtf. Almost anyone, even people who hated the game would agree that the DLCs were the best part of the game. lol

    • @lightingthief4482
      @lightingthief4482 Před 3 lety +2

      @@alonneknight7710 you have to be kidding me with that. Almost everyone I know says the DLC is the worst. Awful enemy placements, cheap enemies, most bosses are subpar(if you say all DLC bosses are good, you're full of shit), awful bonfire placements, awful level design, etc. That frozen wasteland with the bs reindeer and the crappy cheap 'One is good but what about two?' boss at the end of it is a good example.

    • @alonneknight7710
      @alonneknight7710 Před 3 lety +8

      @@lightingthief4482 @Lighting Thief You should get out of your bubble of friends and ask other people then.
      The DLCs have the best level design of the game, they are the most well crafted pieces of map of the entire game. Shulva is a fantastic puzzle map, Brume Tower is an amazing vertical level design, and Eleum Loyce has like a million shortcuts.
      The bosses are all the best of the game. Aside the optional bosses like Blue Smelter Demon and the two tigres (because yes, they ARE lame), the rest are amazing bosses (Elana, Sinh, Sir Alonne, Fume Knight, Ivory King). Also, what the fuck do you mean by bad bonfire placement? By far the Souls game with the worst bonfires is DS3, that has one like every 2 minutes (Undead Setlement, the way to the Cathedral has like 3 bonfires, Dragonslayer Armour ~ Grand Archives... These are just a FEW examples). Also, please elaborate on what you mean by "cheap enemies", in a series with the Jailers From DS3 and the Winter Lanterns from Bloodborne. What cheap and UNFAIR enemy is on any of the DLCs?
      Again, you can shit on DS2 all you want, i respect your opinion, but if you're gonna call the DLCs bad, you'll have to try harder than that.

    • @lexkek5625
      @lexkek5625 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lightingthief4482 WTF you on lol. Sir Alonne was extremely memorable as a dlc boss and Ivory King was badass af when you consider all the lore and fight him with HIS OWN KNIGHTS for a brawl. The dlcs were the best part. I think you hate for the game is a bit too strong if you even disregard the dlcs.

  • @alexvandres3357
    @alexvandres3357 Před 3 lety +8

    New video idea: How long would this video be if it was nothing but you gasping for air after every sentence?

  • @descuddlebat
    @descuddlebat Před 3 lety

    This is art

  • @khalidpapa6299
    @khalidpapa6299 Před 3 lety +1

    Very interesting
    Great video

  • @colonelnasty3600
    @colonelnasty3600 Před 3 lety +3

    6:22 Classic DS2 hit box

  • @JG-pp8cc
    @JG-pp8cc Před 2 lety +4

    Seeing the DS2 hate makes me sad. I love DS2.

  • @ViralHijack
    @ViralHijack Před 2 měsíci

    This gave me flashbacks of farming Falconers in the vanilla version of DS2 try to get Sunlight Medals for the platinum trophy.

  • @Dewm02
    @Dewm02 Před 2 lety +1

    So, if someone decided to take on this challenge the moment this video came out we'd be near halfway there, kinda...
    Keep going personwhodecidedtobeatthis!

  • @giveluminacat10nobles21
    @giveluminacat10nobles21 Před 2 lety +5

    The delivery of the "your wrong" at 5:29 is fucking impeccable.

  • @bikergamersoldierspy533
    @bikergamersoldierspy533 Před 3 lety +11

    First comment, first time ever! LOL
    Cool video, shows exactly what to avoid even trying to do 🤣

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 Před 2 lety +1

    We now need max level in the Caves of Learning and Remembering in Elden Ring.

  • @luttrellcaleb
    @luttrellcaleb Před 3 lety +2

    nice vid

  • @purple4395
    @purple4395 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Tbh, once you got a few levels you can probably kill the enemies instead of blocking them into the abyss. This would improve the timing per run significantly

  • @RegalPixelKing
    @RegalPixelKing Před 2 lety +3

    Even if this is possible, spending eight hours a day, every day, for over two years of your life doing this grind, it feels more insane than getting to level 99 in FF7 or Kingdom Hearts beginning areas.

  • @carrotstix455
    @carrotstix455 Před 3 měsíci

    I am begining the journey today. In two years time, I will be a legend

  • @YannMetalhead
    @YannMetalhead Před 3 lety

    Good video.

  • @DeadRatStew
    @DeadRatStew Před 3 lety +6

    I started off with ds2 sotfs and I love the game, it’s what made me play bloodborne and boy did I LOVE that game, now I want to buy ds3, sekiero and demon souls
    I made a knight class and dual wield 2 broadswords, each upgraded 10 times/max and currently at level 142

  • @Quijin
    @Quijin Před 3 lety +3

    Still less than some grinds on RuneScape

  • @solecrusader14
    @solecrusader14 Před 3 lety +1

    I remember grinding for the earliest greatsword in the game only to not get it, found out about despawning enemies then joined the company of champions, sticking with it for the rest of the game since it's the game's hard mode which I would have most likely missed entirely if not for my terrible luck.

  • @MatthewJNerger
    @MatthewJNerger Před 3 lety

    this is great. commenting to help the algorithm

  • @A-G-F-
    @A-G-F- Před 3 lety +5

    I here before ymfah does this as a challenge

  • @cacarot6020
    @cacarot6020 Před 3 lety +3

    Oh good, I thought you meant Nillions with a N

  • @Scorchlette
    @Scorchlette Před 2 lety

    Can't wait for the "Can you reach max level in the Cemetary of Ash in Dark Souls 3" video.
    It's actually quite a large area as long as you don't go directly inside Firelink Shrine, with plenty of hollows and even a dog.

  • @atomicnugget8109
    @atomicnugget8109 Před 3 lety +2

    FenoTheFox solving problems nobody has

  • @yellowokapi7817
    @yellowokapi7817 Před 3 lety +4

    Actually was an interesting video my guy. Whyd you stop uploading? I think you could get even bigger in subs

    • @FenoTheFox
      @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +8

      I haven't! I recently started a new job, so I've been somewhat focused on that but I've started a few video projects that haven't panned out. I have pretty severe ADHD which can make sticking to something kind of difficult, but I'll definitely be making more videos!

    • @yellowokapi7817
      @yellowokapi7817 Před 3 lety

      @@FenoTheFox I'll be sure to be looking out for them! I really do think you'll blow up in popularity one day man, just keep pushing.

  • @ltcolrayquaza
    @ltcolrayquaza Před 2 lety +4

    Nice but theoretically this could go faster depending on the device's load times after pushing the red phantoms and falconeer off you could jump off the ledge run back redo the pushing set up and reclaim your souls before jumpinh off again saving you runing back to the bonfire.

  • @xxhutzelxx2120
    @xxhutzelxx2120 Před 3 lety +1

    One thing came to my mind while watching this. by farming souls and leveling up wouldn´t the time to get the farming route get smaller by having more stamina for running?

  • @PierreLucSex
    @PierreLucSex Před 3 lety +1

    The company of champions was a brilliant idea.

  • @GroovyGiraffes6996
    @GroovyGiraffes6996 Před 3 lety +11

    I know ds2 is the “worst” game by the fans but it’s the one I’ve spent the most time on, I see why people dislike it but idk it’s my favorite.

    • @ThatGuyOrby
      @ThatGuyOrby Před 3 lety +7

      Kinda same, most people call me a heretic but DS3 is my least favorite while DS1 and DS2 are roughly tied, with DS1 pulling ahead just by a bit.

    • @YcleptCrazy
      @YcleptCrazy Před 3 lety +7

      @@ThatGuyOrby DS3 may be the best mechanically, but it feels soulless and lacks a lot of what makes DS1/2 enjoyable even if they're less perfect games.

    • @ThatGuyOrby
      @ThatGuyOrby Před 3 lety +2

      @@YcleptCrazy Also, y'know the fact most people like armor that matters.

    • @davidmazula8637
      @davidmazula8637 Před 3 lety +3

      @@YcleptCrazy I think that's very well put ds3 feels very polished and has excellent presentation but it just feels lifeless it's like the difference between the original Spiderman trilogy and the MCU

    • @osvaldoprado9906
      @osvaldoprado9906 Před 3 lety +3

      DS3 Is also the most linear of all and I find this one of the things that gives the game that "souless" impression. Even DeS and BB has better level design. Yesterday o was discussing in reddit how I found DS3 the most boring because of the linear progression of the game, specially the beginning, while in other games you have multiple choices from the very beginning.

  • @normalguycap
    @normalguycap Před 3 lety +3

    Dark souls 2 was secretly the best souls all along. I'm sorry you got snippy because souls 2 cared more about player progress than infinite enemies for your silly 'challenge'. Hell it actually enables the option thru the covenant. I actually didn't know what was a feature.

    • @callmemalik5469
      @callmemalik5469 Před 3 lety +1

      You need to accept the fact the dark souls II is the worse in the trilogy.

    • @shamustucker5282
      @shamustucker5282 Před 2 lety

      @@callmemalik5469 I liked DS2

  • @user-lp5zy9lw6b
    @user-lp5zy9lw6b Před 8 měsíci +1

    Now this is math I can understand

  • @TrickyBixnatch1213
    @TrickyBixnatch1213 Před 8 měsíci

    I like the idea of seeing how many souls you can get in every area of the game, kinda like a 100% souls farm.

  • @commandershepaaarrrdwrex2881

    This is clearly clickbate
    Dark souls 2 is obviously the best

  • @enviosinterdimencionales8612

    i just use cheat engine.

  • @JTguitarlessons
    @JTguitarlessons Před 3 lety

    Those are some serious SEWLS!

  • @josephhanicak7922
    @josephhanicak7922 Před 2 lety +1

    Would it potentially be faster to burn the ascetic at Majula and get the giant pig to spawn by killing the mini pigs a bunch of times? I don't remember whether or not he respawns, but if so, it could be faster. You have to kill the mini pigs a bunch and then the medium one and then the big one spawns.

  • @JanitorJim56
    @JanitorJim56 Před 2 lety +3

    Ds2 is the best Dark Souls
    I’m not even joking

  • @zanemob1429
    @zanemob1429 Před 3 lety +3

    I joined the Covenant of Champions on three different characters and the enemies still despawn... Why?

    • @FenoTheFox
      @FenoTheFox  Před 3 lety +2

      These specific enemies, or enemies in general?

  • @FourthRulerEntity
    @FourthRulerEntity Před 2 lety +1

    Damn that’s pretty good actually. Curious

  • @imdeltaonline
    @imdeltaonline Před 3 lety

    the algorithm has blessed you lol